How to Stop a Would-Be Killer at a Military Base

Murderers like the ones at Fort Hood would think twice if they suspected that soldiers were carrying weapons.

By

Arthur Z. Berg

April 9, 2014 7:25 p.m. ET

Barring soldiers from carrying concealed weapons at Fort Hood Army base in Texas demeans the soldiers and ignores reality. It also gets people killed. In 2009 and again on April 2, lone shooters at Fort Hood were able to murder a total of 17 people and wound more than 40 largely without fear that anyone could interrupt them. Unless that changes, we can expect more such attacks, either at military bases where carrying a weapon is prohibited or other venues where killers are confident that their chances of inflicting mass slaughter...